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If you'd said on Tuesday I could have got my bro to get his back from whoever he lent it to and borrowed it. I shall ask him but it might be a bit late now.

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Fret not.

Frood wanted it to be his first century anyway, so we're getting the 06:36 ( :shock: ) from Cupar to Inverkeithing and riding from there to the city centre. We can leave the car at Cupar all day for a quid, and the train fare balances out with petrol and parking costs etc.

Many thanks for the offer, though.

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I'm thinking of doing the run (have done the last few years) but will depend on:

1. Me getting up early enough to ride from NQ to Market Street

2. The weather - as I'm not riding with me mate this year I'll wimp out if it's dull and windy

3. If this pain to the inside of my right knee gets any worse.

If I do make it, as you overtake look out for a middle aged guy on a black Sandy Gilchrist frame with a cycling style uncannily like Stephen Roche :)

Sam, if you are planning on doing that fixed, there is a killer of a hill near Freuchie. Normally bottom gear on my double and honking out of the saddle.

If I get up plan to go NQ-Edinburgh -St Andrews and then head back maybe meet Mrs in mid Fife for a bit of afternoon tea - which will give me my first century this year.

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I am planning on doing this ride on fixed ( :shock: #-o 8-[ ) and this afternoon I shall making a detour via that hill to take a look at it and scare myself silly.

At the end of the day I can always get off and walk if I have to. I've put a 17 tooth sprocket on the other side of my wheel. It's all down to how long it is.

We'll probably be leaving the car at Cupar to get the 06:36 and riding back there from St Andrews to pick it up if anyone wants company out of St Andrews.

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We'll be riding back to Glenrothes from St Andrews, probably via Cupar.

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So a forum posse to Cupar then?

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Only if you're prepared to wait for slowcoach here. :oops:

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Well, did everyone enjoy the ride? Particularly "cadgers brae"?

Superb weather. I left Edinburgh at about 8.35 - I think I saw you lot come in, if Sam was on a powder blue fixie, got to the top of the Cleish hills just as the ice cream van arrived, stopped at Freuchie for a bite and then on the way to ST Andrews got dropped like a used hankie by a very fit young lady on a black Principia!
I rode in with a young guy who had come from Balloch and we got in about 5 past 1.

How did you manage on Cadgers brae on the fixed Sam?

I tried to drop to my inner ring on the triple but it wouldn't shift down, but managed on the middle ring! I did sound like a steam train at the top though.

Now feeling very relaxed, if a bit sunburnt.

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great day and weather

stopped at Kinross and Freuchie (just for that extra fuel for the nice wee hill :shock: )

whizzed into St Andrews at about 1.30 and saw Sam Clare and better halves on my way home

will do again next time :D


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That would have been me, Chewa. Only nutter there on fixed.

I confess that while I managed to muscle my 70" gear up Cleish hill, I only made it 3/4 of the way up Cadgers Brae (that's the one outside Freuchie, aye?) Horribly, horribly disappointed. More hill training for me!

I shall post a full report later.

However, chapeau to Frood, for whom that was the first ride he's done of more than 60 miles (we came out at 80 in the end).

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No shame in that. The brae after Freuchie is a killer! I like the way it's sort of glossed over in the ride guide.

I would imagine coming down the other side of the Cleish hills was bit of a thigh burner on a fixed!

I always think the St Andrews run is a bit "technical" for a charity run, more like an Audax route.

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Sorry we missed you Chewa :(

Mrs P & I cycled back to Glenrothes via the Albert Tavern in Freuchie :drinkers: Ended up doing 90 miles in total :shock:

We were really lucky with the weather - the suncream was much appreciated, Sam :) And well done to Frood, I didn't realise he was attempting a record.

I enjoyed the route through Fife, even the nasty hill after Freuchie :twisted: Must remember that for our next visit!

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